Salem, Arkansas Weather
Salem, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Salem, Ouachita County.
Full aviation weather for Salem is published on the Harrell Field (KCDH) page, 12 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Salem have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Salem: Hampton Municipal Airport (K0R6) 26 km · Stephens Ouachita County Airport (K4F8) 46 km · Gurdon Lowe Field (K5M8) 54 km · South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field (KELD) 54 km · Warren Municipal Airport (K3M9) 55 km
Conditions reported at KCDH describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Salem.
About Salem, Arkansas
Salem, Arkansas, exhales a quiet breath of the Ouachita foothills, where the land begins its gentle climb towards the higher ridges. It lies 52.8 miles south-west of Pine Bluff, AR (from Pine Bluff, AR: bearing 225°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-east of East Camden. Pine and hardwood forests, the deep green of ages, spill down the slopes, their shadows lengthening with the afternoon sun. A pervasive stillness often settles here, broken only by the rustle of leaves or the distant call of a bird. The air itself carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil and sun-baked pine needles, a scent that clings to the skin and whispers of the wildness just beyond the edges of habitation. The houses, scattered with an amiable disregard for strict order, seem to have grown from the soil themselves, their paint weathered by a hundred summers and winters, their porches open to the slow, steady unfolding of days. The history of Salem is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring fields and the quiet persistence of its people. This place, like much of the region, was shaped by the rhythms of agriculture, the land yielding its bounty to patient hands. Though the economic landscape has shifted over generations, the spirit of self-reliance remains. One can still feel the echoes of a time when farming was the heartbeat of the community, and the shared labor of harvest brought neighbors together. The local economy now draws sustenance from a more varied source, but the connection to the earth, to the cycles of planting and reaping, still underpins the character of Salem, a quiet testament to its enduring roots.
Live animated radar for Salem and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Salem, Ouachita County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 33.690943°N, 92.657382°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71720, 72576, 71943, 72019 |
| Area Code | 870 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salem, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salem, Arkansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Salem includes coordinates 33.690943°N, 92.657382°W, situated in Ouachita County. ZIP code 71720, 72576, 71943, 72019. Telephone area code: 870. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
